[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 1]
The following words, terms and phrases, used herein, shall have
the following meanings:
Any motor vehicle which does not have affixed a current inspection
sticker or registration as required by the Vehicle Code, 75 Pa.C.S.A.
§ 101 et seq.; but the term "junk vehicle" shall not include
a motor vehicle in running condition, which is used on the owner's
property exclusively, which may be nonlicensed and noninspected.
Any natural person, partnership, firm, association or corporation.
East Vincent Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 2]
No person shall permit any junk vehicle to remain on his property
for a period of more than three days after notice to remove the same
shall have been given him by the Township through its administrative
officer or other agent.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 3]
No person shall abandon any vehicle on property, public or private,
in the Township, or permit the same to remain on any public or private
property in the Township for a period of more than three days from
the receipt of notification from the Township to remove the same.
Such notice shall be delivered by the Township administrative officer
or other agent of the Township.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 4]
The vehicle registration of any motor vehicle shall be prima
facie evidence of its ownership. Any other evidence of ownership may
be used to establish the fact of ownership such as serial numbers,
manufacturer's numbers, or other evidence of ownership.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 5]
In addition to the penalties hereinafter provided for violations
of this Part, the Township, upon the expiration of the notice required
herein, may enter on any property where any junk vehicle is located,
remove the same, and collect the cost of such removal by any proceeding
authorized by law. The exercise of any such power by the Township,
or its agents, shall not deprive the Township of the right to proceed
in any such situation in equity nor shall it affect the penalties
herein prescribed for violation.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 6; as amended by Ord. 185, 8/2/2006]
Any person, firm or corporation who shall violate any provision
of this Part, upon conviction thereof in an action brought before
a magisterial district judge in the manner provided for the enforcement
of summary offenses under the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure,
shall be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than $1,000 plus costs
and, in default of payment of said fine and costs, to a term of imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days. Each day that a violation of this Part continues
or each Section of this Part which shall be found to have been violated
shall constitute a separate offense.
[Ord. 26, 8/20/1969, § 7]
The location of any junk vehicle within the prohibition of this
Part shall constitute a separate offense for each day the same is
permitted to continue.
